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(2) Jean-Baptiste van Loo
(b Aix-en-Provence, 11 Jan 1684; d Aix-en-Provence, 19 Sept 1745). Painter, grandson of (1) Jacob van Loo. He showed early artistic promise; first trained by his father Louis-Abraham van Loo, he acquired a reputation by painting religious pictures for churches at Aix-en-Provence and Toulon, including the Agony of St Joseph for the Ste Marie-Madeleine at Aix (in situ). In 1712 he visited Nice, Monaco and Genoa and during the following year worked for Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, and other noblemen. The patronage he received enabled him in 1714 to go to Rome, where he studied under Benedetto Lutti and painted works for churches, including a Flagellation (Rome, S Maria della Scala). There he also helped to restore 16th-century paintings by Giulio Romano and Primaticcio.
Part of the Loo, van family
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